Three senior Olympus executives utilized their right to invoke the Fifth Amendment during questioning over internal company emails, according to Kaiser Health News.
GI & Endoscopy
The American Gastroenterological Association has released comments on the American Board of Internal Medicine's recent announcement.
Joseph Cody, MD, is a gastroenterologist with the Tampa-based Florida Medical Clinic.
A study in Gastroenterology says colonoscopies take longer when physicians knew the patient had a positive stool DNA test, like Cologuard.
A study in Neurology, claims that mitoxantrone, a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis, could increase colorectal cancer.
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Three researchers have been recognized for their contributions to gastroenterology.
Here are four gastroenterologists in the news this past week.
Throughout the nation, news has surfaced about superbug outbreaks at numerous facilities, leading some providers and hospitals to try out disposable scopes, according to Kaiser Health News.
Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center is starting a phase Ib clinical trial onCAR-T hepatic artery infusions delivered using the Surefire Infusion System for CEA-expressing liver metastases.
John Hood, MD, is a gastroenterologist with Tulsa, Okla.-based Gastroenterology Specialists.